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Erling Walther Sørensen (29 October 1920 – 10 October 2002) was a Danish amateur football player and club manager, who won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Sørensen played professionally in the Italian Serie A championship for six years, scoring 48 goals in 169 matches for Italian clubs Modena F.C., Udinese Calcio and U.S. Triestina.

Erling Sørensen

Personal information
Full name	Erling Walther Sørensen
Date of birth	(1920-10-29)29 October 1920
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	10 October 2002(2002-10-10) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Right inside forward, Left winger
Youth career
1933–1938	Boldklubben Frem
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1948	Frem	161	(82)
1948–1949	Strasbourg
1949–1950	Modena	34	(15)
1950–1952	Udinese	68	(18)
1952–1955	Triestina	67	(15)
National team
1941–1948	Denmark	5	(2)
Teams managed
1963–1966	Frem
–	Fremad Amager
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sørensen was known to have good a technique and a graceful style of playing, thus earning the nickname The Ballet Master. In his civil life, Sørensen worked as a city hall porter, tobacconist and hospital porter.[2]

Honours

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1948 London	Team Competition

• Danish Football Championships: 1940-41 and 1943–44 with Frem

References

External links

• Danish national team profile
• RSSSF - Danish players in Italy at RSSSF

На других языках

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- [en] Erling Sørensen

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[fr] Erling Sørensen

Erling Walther Sørensen (né le 29 octobre 1920 à Copenhague au Danemark et mort le 10 octobre 2002) est un footballeur international danois, qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain.

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[it] Erling Sørensen

Erling Walther Sørensen (Copenaghen, 29 ottobre 1920 – Hvidovre, 10 ottobre 2002) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio danese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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